FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE                                         

NEWS RELEASE #79

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

 

On the 11th day of December, 2009, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:

APPLICATION FOR REHEARING GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART:

2009-C -0669 RANDY FONTENOT, ET AL. v. PATTERSON INSURANCE, ET AL. C/W GERMAINE BROOKS, ET AL. v. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

Rehearing granted in part; denied in part. Rehearing is granted for the limited purpose of amending this Court’s opinion to omit reference to the documentary evidence and proffered evidence not presented for the jury’s consideration. This amendment does not affect the holding of the opinion or the principles stated therein, but is made solely for the purpose of complete accuracy. In all other respects, the plaintiffs’ motion for rehearing is denied.

APPLICATIONS FOR REHEARING DENIED:

2007-KA-1407 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHEDRAN WILLIAMS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2007-K -2028 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RYAN SMITH (Parish of Caddo)
JOHNSON, J., to grant.